The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-15 00:00:00

BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of commerce takes its title either from the inventor or manufacturer, and the more perfect the production the g rater is the credit which attaches to the originator. BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identilica- Lion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex pos d by the very trade mark of the firm, as e xhibited by Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street. The following, interwoven mark may be seen at the end ofeach piece :—" Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., it Lyon eta Injarieux." Wear guaranteed. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT -GARDEN. Under the Mananement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Hiles ; Messrs. 11. Cord, G. Perren, and W. Harrison. To conclude with FANCUETTE. Doors open at half-past Six—'2ommence at Seven. 1111EATRE ROYAL D R 1.7 R Y-L AN E. Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS - EVENING-, the Performances will commence with THE FOUtt MOWBIIAYS. Master Percy Roselle. After which, MANFRED. Manfred, Mr. Phelps. To conclude with a new farce, THE AL ABA3IA. Mr. G. Belmore and Miss Lydia Thompson. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. FIEATRE ROYAL HAY MARKET.-- Sole Lessee and Mana,zer, ➢lr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE DAISY. After which, BUNKUM MULLER. Mr. Sothern. To be fo , lowed by OUR AMERICAN COUSIN : Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Roczers, Clark, Gordon, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Lindley, Hill, Harris, Snowden, And AN UNLUCKY MORTAL : Mr. W. Farren and Miss M. Harris. . Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE...-. Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETURN. After which, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. The Two Dromios, by the Brother 3 Webb. And JACK'S ARRIVAL FROM CANTON. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DENIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD: Messrs. H. Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, Moreland; Misses Percy, Pauline Leclerc l, Wood. Mrs. Lee, and Mias E. Lavenu. utter which, at Eight o'clock, the 111th Night of BEL DEMON TO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's " Italian Chronicle;," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal character by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavenu, Mrs. Lee,and Nfiss Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is Made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either for play bills or for the safe keeping, of hats and cloaks, and twat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. NEW THEATRE-RO VAL, ADELPHL- Scie Proneator and Manager. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY B.ORSEBREAKER. Sr. J. L. Toole and Miss Woolgar. At Eight, LEAH: Miss Bate man, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billngton, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss 11. Simms, and Mrs. Billingtcn. To emelude with, Bth time, TETE AREA BELLE : Nfessrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Romer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS B ATEMAN.—LEAH.—EVERY EVEN iNg.—On SATURD Y, the Ifsth and lest night be fore Easter Monday, when Miss Batement will re-appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish maiden or, til further notice In order to give due effect to tale most remarkable success of the season, entire y new sc-nery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and ons, and Thompson, and new dress-sand appo'ntments have been prepared for its produc tion.—N. 3. In consequence of the pressing and numerous applications at the Box-office, arrangements have row been ynade by which Seats m , y be obtainel a Fortnight in Ad ?nce. NTR. BENJAMIN WEBSTER in the DEAD X HEART, MONDAY NEXT, March 21. R OYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE SILVER LINING' every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Stirling, NErs. Frank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. .T. L. 'Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, Mrs. Howard Paul, Mr. J. Clark, and Mrs. Charles Mantews. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, UNDER THE ROSE. Mr. Ashley, Miss A. Cottrell, and Mis 3 Patti Josephs. At a quarter before 8, the new Comedy, by L. Bucking ham:Esq., entitled THE SILVER LINUO Mr. Charles Mathews, .Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s'one, Mr. Montague; Mrs I harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling.. To be followed by Ntr. Charles Mathews just translated from the French)in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide. entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Several novelties are in preparation. On SATURDAY next, March 19, a variety of entertain ment., frir the BENEFIT of Mr. and Mts. CHARLES MATHEWS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF. To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Bc..lfora, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, OR PHEU3 AND EURYOICE: Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o. Concluding with MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. prIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, lan be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. COALS. —The LILLE SHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. 265. per ton. 1 Double ..21s. per ton. Top 255. Nut 5........ 19s. „ Deep 228. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, 'addington, W. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 59m.—Afternoon, 7h. 21m. TO-laconaow.-Morning, 7h. 53m.—Afternoon, Bh. 30m. The Weather—Sun Office, March 15, 1864. THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 52 Barometer-29.78. Wind—S,-Nest; strong breeze, and cloudy. - Zeijg Sii,44-116 LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1864. Whether or not England is again drifting into war—that is becoming every day more and more urgently the question. It has for some time past been the impression among our observant neigh bours. It is gradually becoming the conviction in like manner of many here in London. History, proverbially, repeats itself. Experience, even the "tells" but d ou btf u ll y upon bitterest experience, even the wisest of Administrators. It may be matter for serious regret, therefore, but it can hardly be matter for that as nearly very much surprise, as possible th e s ame course i s being run now by the very same statesmen as was run by those very same statesmen ten years ego immediately anterior to the last great war in Europe. A war in a different quarter, and among very different Powers as the belligerents —the belligerents now having kept cleverly out of the war then. Yet drifting, drifting appreciably, inexorably towards the verge of the surging, circling, absorbing gor ge of the political meeistrona glides the good ship Britannia—drifting in this way, almost as one may say, helplessly. The only conspicuous difference in the situation of things on board of her being this—that whereas Lord Az ERDEEN was then the man at the helm, now that responsible post is occupied by Lord PALMERSTON. In each instance, judging from the curt replies vouc h sa f e d to c h ance interrogatories addressed to him, not very unnatu rally, from the side of the Opposition—the Man at the Wheel, it appears, has, as usual to he regarded quite fixedly, as one not to b e spoken to ! I n each case, th e Head of our Government is, so far unfortunat e l y f or us, a man far advanced in years. In each instance, moreover, Lord RUSSELL is a conspicuous member of the Administration : then, without a portfolio, as our neighbours express it—now, still more alarmingly, with a portfolio, and that portfolio, o f all that could possibly have been entrusted to him, the Foreign one ! Leisure was the lure then. Despatch writing ad libitum is the lure now. And so, almost as a matter of course, and, more than that, distinctly and avowedly in the interests of peace, we are quite leisurely, and with plenty of time to look about us while gliding onwards, drifting drifting, drifting into war. A bold decision, adapted at once—a resolute attitude assumed at the outset—and the evil now entangling itself beyond all chance of diplomatic unravelment would never, we might almost venture to say could never, so far have complicated itself. It is the same old difficulty typified in the far off classic times under the symbol of the Gordian Knot—the knot that could alone be severed by the sword of a conqueror, defying as it did the utmost skill directed toward its disentangle ment by the hand of the diplomatist. Lord CLA RENDON.S phrase has, in truth, again become lamentably applicable —we are drifting. The intelligence which reaches us from New Zealand confirms the favourable anticipations which the news brought by the last mail encou raged as to form. The victory of Rangariri was decisive, and was quickly followed up by a division of five hundred men, under General Cameron, pro ceeding up the river in the Pioneer steamer as far as Ngaruawahia, the residence of the Maori KING. The General telegraphed to Sir GEORGE GREY on the 9th of December to give him the welcome in telligence that the QUEEN'S flag was floating over this cherished retreat, and that no opposition had been made to his taking possession of it; indeed, neither he nor his men had seen any natives. This is an important point gained, and the result of the expedition proves the wisdom of the General in following up his advantage so quickly while the Maories were disheartened and weakened from their losses at Rangariri, 150 of their best men being still in the hands of the English. The natives appear to have been thoroughly discouraged by the reverse which they met with. They had concentrated their forces, and entrenched themselves in a strong posi tion with a skill which renders them no mean antagonists in such cases. As it was, our success was not achieved without paying a heavy price for it, many gallant officers and men falling under the Maories' continuous fire. We regret to learn by this mail that two more officers have succumbed to the wounds received in that encounter. They were Lieutenant-Colonel AUSTIN and Ensign DUCROW, the former of whom especially distinguished him self in leading his men. The result of that day's encounter, however, has been most valuable in pro ducing moral as well as physical submission. The natives must now see how totally unable they are to cope with English troops, let their advantages of position be what they may. However skilful they may have been in harrassing our forces by their guerilla-like movements, they must be convinced that, thanks to the flying columns inaugurated by General CAMERON, and to the clearing of their thickets by • the laying down of good high ways through the interior, they will no longer possess any advantage in that re pect. Tokens of submission have been re ceived from several of the chiefs since the great encounter. WILLIAM THOMPSON, whose submission is, perhaps, the most valuable, since the European leader exercises great influence over the native mind, sent his meri, or club, the token of chieftain ship, to General CAMERON, on the European prin ciple of giving up the sword. Another sign of submission, which the English found rather per plexing, was a young girl of 12, sent by one of the wounded chiefs as a hostage. To send her back wculd have been highly impolitic; at the same time General CAMERON found the charge rather trouble• ipm.e in the midst of a warlike camp. She has since been sent to Auckland, and appeared after her first alarm was over quite at ease. lisr arrival is a proof of the confidence with which the more intelligent of the natives regard us, and it is to be hoped that she may be the occasion of improving our relations with them. The old chief who sent her is her grand father, and affords one of those instances of lofty courage and fortitude which excite the admiration of our men in fair fight, however much they may be incensed and disgusted by the bar• harous murders frequently committed by the Maories. TE WIIAREPU, as this old man is called, was con sidered invulnerable, but we must conclude that the Maori Achilles resembled his great predecessor in some exceptional portion of his fame, for he was seriously wounded at the battle of Rangariri. Knowing probably that this would be a double dis couragement to his followers, in the loss of their leader, and in the destruction of his supposed in vulnerability, the old chief wrapped his blanket round him and continued to encourage his men regardless of his wound. Four times afterwards was he struck, and his present condition may well be described as dangerous. It is to be hoped, how ever, that the brave old TE WHAREPU will recover, since he affords one of the most favourable speci mens of the Maori character, and is evidently willing to conciliate the English. The position of the Governor and his assistants is at present one of no small anxiety and trouble. General CAMERON has probably had the easier task of the two, arduous as the military subjugation of the refractory tribes may have been. His work, however difficult or dangerous, was at least clear before him, but the palicy to be followed in order to obtain peace and insure tranquillity is still a matter of doubt and discussion among the rival parties a"; Auckland. Some persons are so much incensed at the conduct of the Miseries that they are unwilling to leave them enough land to support themselves. Others, again, are unwilling even to interfere with the -liana, or right which the chiefs claim to the land as sove reigns. In this case, as in most others, a medium course will probably be the wisest and safest, as it will assuredly be the most just and reasonable. It is certainly not to be tolerated that the natives should be suffered to claim a distinct sovereignty over the islands, or that their traditions and cus toms should interfere with bona fide sales of land, but neither is it desirable to leave them without the means of providing for their wants, and thus drive them to plunder and murder. It is besides unwise to confirm the hostility of the natives, just as they are beginning to confess their error. Such a course will ensure a long and har rassing struggle, whose worst tragedies will not be those of the battlefield or the siege, but of the quiet homes of the outlying settlers or the peaceable tra vellers in lonely ways. It is satisfactory to find that all parties concur in the necessity of a general disarmament of the natives who have taken part in the war, so that those arms of which they h ave made so bad a use will be taken from them. This will of itself teach them a severe lesson, and we must hope that the experience of all sides will zot . __. have been bought in vain, but that the unhappy !ilia- takes and misfortunes of the past may be avoided in the future. Mr. ROEBUCK contrived, at all events, to wake up the House last night, and notwithstanding the sneers and taunts which were levelled against him by acme, there seems to be a great deal of truth in what he urged. Doubtless the hon. and learned member grew rather too excited in some passages, and expressed himself with too much warmth, but that does not detract from the force of his arguments nor invalidate the truth of his home thrusts. The fact is that it is not at all times con- THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 18G4 venient for a retrospective glance to be taken of past events, nor for a comparison to be instituted between the conduct of Ministers on the same question towards different parties. Mr. ROEBUCK asked whether any remonstrance was about to be made to the Federal Government on the subject of " the employment by them of agents in Ireland for the purpose of enlisting as soldiers the subjects of her Majesty." There was the more reason for mak ing ►his inquiry, because it has been asserted that it is the intention of any Government to remonstrate with the Government of the Confederate States on account of their sending agents over here for illegal purposes. It is well known to every one who has taken any pains to study the American question, that the idea of the Government calling their policy towards the belligerent States by the title of "strict ❑eutrality " is perfectly absurd, and, indeed, a mockery to those to whom it is addressed. Mr. ROEBUCK reminded the house that when the Solicitor-General made his remarks relative to the intention of Government to remon strate with the Confederate States, he was speaking of a matter which .was sub judice. The inconsistency of such a course is very manifest, and on what grounds our Ministers can assume the right to remonstrate about acts which are not yet proved by their own courts of law to be " illegal" we are at a loss to know. All the decisions that have yet been come to on this case are against the Government, and therefore it is most extraordinary to found any complaint on the transactions. How striking is the contrast exhi• bited between this haste to jump at conclusions in the one instance and the marked reticence that is exhibited in the other. Before proof is attained of illegality, remonstrances are to be addressed to the Confederates; but when a glaring infringement of the law is made by the Federals it is declared that nothing can be done, because there are no proofs. Now this sort of reasoning is not at all in accord ance with the spirit of English justice and fair play, and the Cabinet that adopts such a policy cannot expect to retain the respect of the people. For Ministers to choose out their own friends and favourites among foreign Powers, and then to mete out justice and so conduct their policy that one side has all the advantages of an alliance with a great courftry, and the other all the negative disadvantages of war, and then to call this by the name of neutrality, is a line of action that cannot long be tolerated. It may be asked whys is it impossible to find out whether there are agents of the Federal Government in Ireland who go there for the purpose of enlisting the subjects of this realm to serve in their armies. Surely a Minister must possess great assurance, effrontery, or indifference to substantiate such a statement. Either:it is true or not; if the former, it is a great disgrace to the officials in authority that they cannot use the means and appliances at their disposal for the purpose of ascertaining the exact nature of the rumours afloat, and authenti cate or oontradict them as occasion requires. It is also very reprehensible on the part of Government not to insist on due researches being made, and proper investigations instituted in order that this infraction of the law may not take place. Lord PALMERSTON made out a very bad case, but it may be inferred by his manner that he did not care much about it, and was quite resolved on what line of action to adopt, however inconsistent that might be. Mr. ROEBUCK'S denunciation of Earl RUSSELL'S conduct was quite refreshing after the tame and spiritless way in which some take up the case. There was great truth in his strictures, and it is to be hoped that it will arouse attention and draw notice to the very unequal raclnner in which the arduous and important duties of the Foreign Secretary are being performed at this critical junc ture. Mr. ROEBUCK, with his usual vehement language, inveighed against the whole course of our foreign policy, and wound up by expressing his conviction that, after reading the various despatches, the predominant feeling left in the mind was that of "dire humiliation." Of course, this excited the indignation of Lord PALMERSTON, and he strove with all his might to prove that no blame should be imputed to Lord RUSSELL, because he said that all the Cabinet were equally responsible for his actions, as ho was himself. Perhaps the noble lord thought he was very chivalrous in thus ex culpating his colleague; but the fact is that there are higher matters at stake than personal feeling or political bias. The honour of the country is seriously compromised by the recent management of all our foreign communications. It is impera- tive that during the sitting of Parliament some lucid explanations should be given, and the only result of any questions that are asked is that Lord PALMERSTON, or some other member of his Govern ment, is mortally offended, and calls the delinquen to account for presuming to make attacks on an absent man. This may be a very clever dodge, but it will not last for very long, because it is oviden that if the Foreign Secretary's place is in the Upper House, remarks touching his policy must perforce be made in his absence by the members of the lower branch of the L?gislature. Many would not believe some years back that our foreign policy could come to such a pass as the present Adminis tration have brought it to; and certainly the worst forebodings could not have exaggerated the result A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO MEXICO on a magnificent scale is (after the fashion set in Egypt seventy years ago) preparing under order of the Imperial Government of France, The Minister of Public Instruc tion has nominated a commission to prepare and instruct . this phalanax of inquirers; including Marshal Vaillant, Baron Gros, Michel Chevalier, Vice-Admiral Jnrien de La Graviere, MM. Boussingault, Combes, Decaisne, Faye, De Longperier, Maury, Milne-Edwards, de Quatrefages, Charles Sainte-Claire Deville, De Tessan. Baron Larrey, Angrand, Col, Ribourt, Viollet-Le-Duc, Ctiasar Daly, Mari6-Dany, Vivien de Saint-Martin, Brasseur de Bour bourg, Aubin, and Bellaguet ; with M. Antole Durny as secretary. IMPRACTICABLE AIR. LOWE.— , There is not a member of the Ministry with so little tact as Mr, Lowe. Whether it be as Lord It. Cecil hinted, that he is a secret adherent of Mr. Baines, who steadily uses his great information on the subject to resist the progress of educa tion, or whether ho simply dislikes the share which the clergy have in instruction, or whether, as Mr. Adderley put it, he is a genius confined in a box too small for him, the result is the same—he is always running his head against some class, or interest, or system, which must be conciliated before the education of the poor can advance. Two years ago he laid hold of a principle, the payment for results, which besides being sound was strong enough to pull him through the angry opposition of the teachers and country gentlemen, and he nearly spoilt that in his eager ness to make it carry also a number of ideas which, sound or unsound, worried people without securing much good. This session he has dashed full tilt at squires and clergy together, in order to save some £30,000 a year which the country does not grudge, which the villages crave very much, and which, if wasted at all, is only wasted in extra grease to the wheels of the train, —Spectator. THE CONVICT HALL.—At 10 o'clock on Saturday night the Governor of Warwick Gaol received from the Home Secretary a reprieve for the condemned man, George Hall, The fact was at once communicated to Hall, who was lying in bed, though not asleep. The unhappy man was so overcome by the sudden revulsion of feeling that he could scarcely gasp his acknowledgments. The following notice was on Sunday posted on the gaol doors : " County P r i son, Sunday, March 13, Mt —George Hall. —The sentence of death is respited by her Majesty's com mands.—J. M. Anderson." Several persons who had already arrived from Birmingham to see the execution, at once tramped back a gain. —Birmingham .Post. THE DANISH LOS SES.—Reports have been re ceived by the Minister of War from the Danish head quarters, giving a Necise nominal list of the Danish losses in killed, wounded, and missing from the commence ment of the war until the engagement before Duppel on the 22d ult. The list shows a total of 43 officers, two regimen- tal surgeow, and 1,924 men, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) THE WAR IN DENMARK. DRESDEN, MARCH 13, A large public meeting to consider the affairs of Schleswig-Holstein took place here to-day. The resolutions passed were to the following effect : " Complete satisfaction should be given to the rights of the Duchies. The German people should support those Governments who demand the entire rights. Any solution not completely separating the Duchies from Denmark would be treason against Germany and German honour. Confidence can only be restored in Germany by following ilia line of conduct marked out by the wishes of the Ger man people." HAMBURG, MARCU 13 (Evening It is believed here that the attack upon Dappe will commence on Wednesday. The Prussians in. tend to deliver the assault upon the 22d, the birth day of the King of Prussia. COPENHAGEN, March 10. The following official report has just been pub lished by the Ministry of War : " Headquarters, March 9, 1 p.m " Yesterday morning the 20th Infantry Regi ment, on outpost at Elbodal, was attacked by e, hostile division of all arms. The outposts were hotly pressed, especially at Heisekurg and Keme berg, where the Dane Company was forced out of its line of retreat, and has probably been captured. Our forces withdrew without cffering resistance, and took up an outpost position behind Erritsue, about 1,200 yards in advance of the inundation works and the fortified camp. The enemy has oc cupied Sandaishuse, Fuglesandskov, and Stroustrup. "Simultaneously with the attack upon the out posts before Fredericia, the enemy appeared in great force at 9 a.m. in front of the outposts of the 4th division. Between 3 and 5 o'clock an im portant infantry and artillery engagement com menced in rear of Veile. But as this position became untenable after the evacuation of Veile, it was abandoned about quarter past 5, and the retreat commenced northwards, the enemy pursuing with 10 or 12 gune, as far as the heights of Juelsberg. " General Waster, Captain Hoffmann, First Lieutenant Weyen and Second Lieutenant Kohler are wounded, besides ten men of the 20th and two of the 19th Regiment. In addition to Captain Dane and his company, Second Lieutenant Bosenstano and 18 men of the 20th Regiment are missing. It is stated that they were cut off while upon patrol in front of the Havreballe pass. The loss of the 4th division is not believed to be great. Nothing took place last night, and up to 10 45 this morning before Fredericia." Ilagblac'et of to-day doubts whether the advance of the Prussians towards Fredericia heralds an attack upon that fortress, or is merely a tactical reply to the landing cf the Guard in Holstein. In the former case De Oladeg finds much comfort in the faot that the fortress has been placed in good defensive condition within the last few weeks. General Lundvig, the commandant, is not likely to aban don the defence easily; and Lieutenant-Colonel Reich, his next in command, is said to be one of the most skilled Danish artillery officers. Major-General Wilster, wounded before Fre dericia, on Tuesday, by a shell in the arm and side, arrived here this morning by the train from Korsor. As soot as he has recovered from his wounds, the Major-General will return to the army. Captain Hoffmain, General Wilster's chief of the Staff, also wounded in the engagement of the Bth, has had his leg amputated below the knee, and is now in hospital at Fredcr:cia. THE SUEZ CANAL DIFFICULTY, PARIS, MARCH 15. The Moniteur of to-day says :—"Tho Emperor had charged the Duke de Morey to make a report upon the questions at issue relative to the Suez Canal. This report stated the basis of a com promise which appeared equitable to the Emperor, and its conclusions were communicated to the Vice roy, who requested the Emperor to settle the diffi culties between the two parties. " The Emperor, accepting the arbitration, has formed a committee to examine the question at issue." SPAIN. MADRID, MARCH 14. Some Madrid journals ask what would be the course of the Government if an European war were to break out in Italy. FRANCE. BOURSE, March 14.—Sales for realisation have caused tamed a slight retrograde movement, Threes, for the Account, being now at 66f. 65c. Mobilier have also receded, having been done at 1,055 f., bat have since recovered to 1,0601 r. Rail way Market without animation, with prices gene. rally firm. The market again recovered towards the close, and left off as follows : 4t per Cents 93 Do. end month 93 40 3 per Cents Do. end month 66 75 Credit Mobilier 10•.52 60 Do. end month 1067 Bank Shares 3315 Credit Fonder 1265 Roman r Italian Loan 6B Do. end month — Nev ditto Do. end month.... Russian Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred ILA ILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans lOO5 --- .. 1007 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 930 • • 930 -- 1\ ~w ditto Southern 653 75 .. 607 50 Western Eastern .... .. 480 . .. 476 Sardinian 378 .. 377 50 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragos.a .. Ditto to Barcelona .... " WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 16. The Royal Mail steamship La Plats, with the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 105 pas. sengers, 5,194,690 dole. in specie, and 1,619 packages of cargo. The La Plata left St. Thomas on the 29% ult., and of the Ist inst. spoke the English barque Northern Light ; on the 10th, the barque Harvey ; on the 12th; the ship Avalanche, homeward bound; and on the 14th, off the Lizard, the ship Devon. shire from Calcutta. A severe earthquake had been experienced at Copiapo. Several houses were damaged, but no lives were lost. millions were at once The Govern men t o f Santiago had issued a pro ppoorsaclefnotr. a u lo p an wa o r f ds sis of tthwouosand dollars at 7f to 8 tendered for the first half. General business at Chili was good. Freights less active at £4 10s, Exchange, 44d. to 44/d. per dollar. The British bark Countess of Winton had been destroyed by fire in Valparaiso Bay. The Government of Peru had entered into a con tract with Messrs. Oyague, Graham, Rowe, and Co., for the conversion of the Bolivian currency and the introduction of a now standard national coinage, whereby all Bolivian coin will be sent out of the country, or melted in Lima, in two years, A new currency had been established, and an exchange on London fixed, which it was anticipated would be most beneficial for the extension of commercial re- lations with the country. Lima exchange, 90 days' eight, 37d. The news from the West India Islands is unim- portant. tranentiont4 in the produce market were limited. Freight was scarce, and the rates had declined to 21d. for London, and 2s. for Liverpool. Business was very dull at Jamaica, and the coffee and pimento crops scarce. Prices wore unchanged, and sugar ranged from 18s. to 225., according to the quality. The weather was fine at Demerara, and favour able for the estates. Freights heavy. Exchange on London, 90 days ; 1 ,- per cent, premium. The Proposed Conference. L'Europe of the 14th inst. publishes the following as tke text of the last note addressed by the Govern ments of Austria and Prussia to the Governments which signed the Treaty of London of 1862 " The Government of - had hoped that the Danish Government would have shown a more con ciliatory spirit. Had it been so, the two great German Powers would have willingly stopped their military action and entered into negotiations. But, with regret, we must state that our hopes have been deceived. The attitude assumed by the Court of Copenhage its refusal to accede to the Conference proposed by England, impose upon us the duty of maintaining the coercive measures to which we have had recourse. Important strategical conside rations have justified the authority given to the Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Prussian troops to enter Jutland to cover the position of his forces and to keep in check the Danes assembled at Fre dericia, preventing them from threatening the flanks of the army, or from devoting all their strength to the defence of the lines at Duppel. " The two Powers had the less hesitation in allowing this strategic movement as they had good grounds to use reprisals towards the Danish Go vernment, which had issued orders to seize in the open sea all vessels belonging to the belligerent States and to States forming part of the Confede ration. " The extension given, however, to the military operations does not in any respect alter the previous declarations of the Government of -- relative to its attitude in the present conflict. To prove in a still more patent manner that its conciliatory views are sncere and that its intentions are unchanged, the Government of -- declared itself ready to conclude an armistice with Denmark, either upon the basis of the evacuation of the positions of Duppel and of Alsen by the Danish troops, or of Jutland by the Austro-Prussian army, upon the basis of the military uti-possidetis. But in either case the Government of --- insists upon the condition that cessation of hostilities by sea shall be included in the armistice, and that all captures shall be recipro cally returned, and all embargo on vessels in port removed. " The Government of -- declares itself, at the same time, ready to enter into conference with the Powers interested to discuss the proper means for the re-establishment of peace." The Cat and the Brand v, Military Recruiting,- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I would beg permission to say a few words ,hrough the medium of your extensively circulated journal on the subject of military flogging and branding, which occupied the attention of the House of Commons on Thursday, I do not pro pose to consider the question from the philanthropic and humanitarian point of view, but simply as a choice of evils, It is said that, having regard to the exceeding rough raw materials which have to be wrought up into the soldiers of which our army is composed, discipline cannot be maintained with out the lash and the brand. But the brand and the nine tails of the cat are just so many scare-crows hung up to scare away the bone and muscle of the country from entering the army. The like principle applies to the navy. Which is the greater evil of the two ? the hypo thetical difficulty—for it is not proved—of main taining discipline, or the dead certainty of fright ening men out of the army ? It is not merely the cruelty of the system, as its degrading character, that operates so strongly to deter men from enter- ing a service where it is in force, and whore they may thus run the chance, for a venial offence, of being disgraced and degraded, for life, and never be able to hold up their heads again. The very patrons of it, who ask, " what punishment would you sub stitute if that were done away with r answer them selves by telling you that the punishments arejustas severe, and therefore just as effective, in foreign armies where flogging does not exist. I repeat, it is chiefly the disgrace and degradation which Eng lishmen look at in this question. The English man asked to recruit says very naturally "if I were to enlist in a foreign army I should not be liable to this irrecoverable degradation. By enter ing the service where the soldier is flogged, I place myself immeasurably below the level of the com mon soldier in other armies." If we still had the press gang, or if we had substituted a conscrip. tion, we might be in no danger of getting men to recruit our armies, because we could force them into the ranks. But now that our service, army and navy both, is strictly a volunteer one, to frighten men away from it by brandishing the cat and the branding iron in their face seems not consistent with COMMON SENSE. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE ARMY. Captain Hay, 72d Highlanders, is:about to retire from the service. The 78th Highlanders will shortly proceed to Dublin, there to be quartered. Lieut.-Colonel Enderby Gordon, Royal Artillery, is to succeed Lieut.-Colonel Ward in the R. M. Repository, Woolwich. Major-General B. Willie has accepted the £6OO per annum retirement. Lifeboat Services, CASTLETOWN, Isle of Man, March 12. The schooner Water Lily, of Pwllheli, left Dun dalk on the 9th March, in ballast, bound for Bangor, and on the evening of the next day was driven by stress of weather into Derlyhaven Bay, where she anchored with two anchors out. About noon on the 11th a very violent gale from the N.W. came on. One of the anchor chains parted, and the vessel dragged out round Fort Island into the Tides way. A signal of distress was then hoisted, and the lifeboat at this place belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution was at once transported to Derlyhavan Bay, and launched to the rescue of the shipwrecked crew. It was now blowing a furious gale of wind, but the lifeboat soon reached the vessel and succeeded in rescuing the crew, consist ing of three men and a boy, and afterwards landed them in safety. The vessel ultimately became a total wreck. LOSSIEMOUTH, March 12. The smack Barbara, of Burghead, laden with coals, sprung a leak, and afterwards came on shore at this place, during a gale of wind last night. The National Institution lifeboat stationed here was soon launched and succeeded in saving the vessel's crew. The smack afterwards became a total wreck. ORMESBY, Norfolk, March 14. Nine lives were saved this morning from the Alice, of Newcastle. The vessel had struck on the Cross Sand last night in very stormy weather, when the crew took to their boat, and wag afterwards picked up by a Caistor yawl. The Seratby and Caistor lifeboats had also gone off with the view of rendering assistance to the same crew. Mr. BOHN has sold his publishing business and classic copyrights to Messrs. Bell and Daldy, of Fleet-street. THE LOCK-OUT OF THE YORKSHIRE COLLIERIES. —The lock-rat at the South Yorkshire collieries, there seems to be little doubt, will become an accomplished fact, so that in the course of a few days there will be some thing like 3,700 men out of work. Both sides seem deter mined, so that the struggle will evidently be the most se vere that has ever taken place in the district. The men, it appears, will be dependent in a great measure for sup port on the union, which now extends over England, Scot land, and Wales, and are confident of being able to make a long stand. At present there are between 500 and 600 out, but the entire body will be out of work in a few clays, LITERATURE, Macaulay 's history of Englaad. Part V. People's Edition. Longman and Co. The second volume of this beautifully-printed popular edition of Macaulay's continuation of the History of' England is here in this fifth monthly instalment of its periodical issae, duly commenced. It begins with that memorable seventh chapter of the great work in which the Hero of the Historical Romance (to call things by their right name) makes his appearance—to wit, that wonderful hook-nosed demigod William of Orange, who may be said to have fairly taken the Whig annalist's imagination captive. Reading the chapter again —dissenting still tofu CCEIO though we must needs do to the very last from the conclusions arrived at by the great writer, rho condescended to constitute himself the systematic traducer of James, and the sys tematic apologist of 'William —we cannot still help reading on, enthralled and delighted ! Neither enthralled nor delighted, observe ! with the opinions expressed, but simply with the way in which utter ance is given to them. It is surely not hyperbole to assert that without one exeeption Lord Macaulay is the most eloquent writer of prose in the English language. Dahies Illustrated Go &malt. The Vicar of Trakefield. Part L Ward and Lock. Already the April instalment of this new edi tion of the celebrated works of Oliver Goldsmith has been published by the Messrs. Ward and Lock. It gives pronlise of fulfilling our first an ticipations of its success. It reflects the highest possible credit upon the eminent engravers by whose enterprise, skill, taste, and experience it has been undertaken. By an opportune fly-leaf advertisement, emanating from the popular pub lishing house through which it makes its appear ance, this new illustrated Goldsmith recalls to re collection the fact that—" Sixteen years ago Messrs. Da;ziel Brothers, in conjunction with the late Mr. David Bogue, commenced, and in the year 1850 completed, a very elaborate edition of Banyan'a Pilgrim's Progress,' illustrated with above 300 designs by the leading draughts man of the period, Mr. William Harvey. This edi tion was printed on fine toned paper and issued in a serial form, and the whole issued at a price which will bear comparison with anything that has been since attempted, taking into consideration the repeal of the paper duty. It is scarcely necessary to say that since that period the Brothers Dalziel are uni versally admitted to have stood pre-eminent in the production of the highest c'ass of illustrated litera ture, in the most popular form." In justification of which, the Messrs. Ward and Lock have, in truth, only to direct attention to the initial instalment of "The Vicar of Wakefield" here offered to the public at the monthly cost of sixpence 1 Ode of the loveliest popular stories in the language, at once boldly and charmingly embellished by the pencil of G. J. Pin well, the drawings being engraved by the Brothers Daiziel, and the text of the work exquisitely printed in large type upon ample pages of delicately-tinted paper. Altogether the serial is one, we feel satisfied, as sure of winning for it- self a rapid, widespread, and permanent success as that superb companion work of the Brothers Dal ziel, their illustrated " Arabian Nights Eqtertain ment." About the most graceful embellishment in this opening instalment of their " Vicar of Wake field" is the one on the twenty-fifth page, where Mr, Burohell and Sophia are seen conversing in the hayfield—dear old Mr. Primrose visib.e afar off—quietly observant. The Battle of the Standards. By John Taylor One ♦ol., pp. 93. Longman and Co. The learned author of " The Great Pyramid, why was it Built P" has in this remarkable little treatise put forth a most opportune argument in favour of our old-fashioned system of measurement. " The Battle of the Standards," it will be borne in mind, has already commenced this session in the House of Commons. And now before Parliament commits itself further in regard to any scheme of in novation, or even of partial modification in our national system of weights and measures, it will be as well that a man, as much in earnest upon the subject as any one living, such as Mr. John Taylor, should have a patient hearing, a deliberate per usal, a calm and dispassionate consideration. He puts forth his argument like (what he is) a logician, and he discusses it in all its bearings like (what ho is also, as indisputably) a scholar, and ts philosopher. OUR DOCKYARDS.—A very valuable pamphlet has just been issued from tho pen of Sir William Snow Harris, entitled the " Past and Present State of Naval Construction in the Government Service —its Future Prospects." The talented writer, it will be recollected, was the inventor of the light• ning conductor now in use in her Majesty's Navy, and from the sources of information open to him, it will at once be admitted that he is well able to give an opinion upon a subject of such vital importance to the welfare of England. After an elaborate review of the former and present mode of construction, he comes to the opinion that the great want at the present moment is a "National Sohool of Naval Architecture," and in this we entirely agree with him. Sir W. Harris proposes to convert some of our principal arsenals into as many colleges in which students might be allowed to enter upon certain terms to be prescribed by her Majesty's Government. If Chatham, Ports mouth, and Plymouth, or even the two latter, were only selected for such a purpose, Sir William feels certain we should at once arrive at all we could desire. The plan is a good one, and as the object of the writer is to preserve the supre macy of England as a maritime Power, his pamphlet is worthy of the most attentive considera tion of her Majesty's Government. The Late King of Bavaria. The intelligence of the illness of the late King of Bavaria, and that his life was actually in danger, fell upon the population of Munich on the 10th inst. like an unexpected thunderclap. The theatre was closed, and no music was performed that night at the public places of amusement. Thousands of persons of all classes hastened to the palace to ascertain the latest news, and filled the apartments adjoining the royal bedchamber, no person being refused admission. The Queen did no':, quit the bedside of her husband, nor did their children. The other princes and princesses of the royal family hastened to the palace, as did also all the Ministers. The proof that the illness set in so suddenly is in the fact that on the preceding day his Majesty was engaged in transacting business up to three o'clock in the afternoon, and that he then had an interview with his guest, Prince Albert. At four o'clock, the date of the first bulletin, the condition of the King was very serious. At half-past 10 on the 10th inst. the Marshal of the Court, Count de Butler-Glonebough, announced to the crowd assembled in the apartments at the castle that there was no improvement in the King's condition. At that time, however, his Majesty did not suffdr, and was in full possession of his faculties. During the morning he had a fainting fit of a long duration. At half-past 10 the Queen summoned the Minister of the Royal Household, Baron von Schrenk, and the Council of State met under the presidency of Prince Luitrold. At half-past 11 the condition of the King gave no room for further hope. The Archbishop of Munich was present, and administered to his Ma jesty the last consolation of religion. The physi cians had then left their royal patient. Half an hour after noon the lugubrious sound of the bells of Munich announced the great blow which had fallen on Bavaria. His Majesty had expired a quarter of an hour previously. AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT LIVERPOOL THIS WBEK,—The City of London, from New York on the 2d instant, may be looked for at Queenstown to-night. The Asia, from New York on the sth. will no doubt reach Queenstown on Saturday. MR. ALFRED WIGAN may, it is rumoured, at no distant period, resume the management of the Olympic Theatre. 4 4 VOLTAIRE'S LETTERS.—.M. Rennin, a celebrated collector of autographs, medals, &c., has left more than 10,000 autographs to the library of the Institute, amongst which is a series of interesting letters of Voltaire, written filtke:r of the above gentleman,—Londcn 61114 firmlar HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, March 14. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Prince Alfred and Princess Helena, went to London this morning. In attendance were Lady Churchill, Lurd Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Gen. Hon. C. Grey. Her Majesty drove to South Kensington and in spected the Mulready collection of pictures. Her Majesty then visited the Prince wid Princess of Wales at Marlborough House, and remained to luncheon. After luncheon her Majesty drove to Buckingham Palace, and there received their Im perial Highnesses the Archduke Maximilian of Austria and the Archduchess Charlotte. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, afterwards returned to Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred remained in London, and leaves to-night for Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, attended by Major Cowell. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Archduke Maximilian of Austria and the Archduchess Charlotte visited the Prince and Princess of Wales, at Marlborough House, yester day morning. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena and Prince Alfred, arrived from Windsor, and took luncheon with the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. Her Majesty was attended by Lady Churchill, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Gen. Hon. C. Grey. His Majesty the King of the Belgians also visited their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princes 3 of Wales, and lunched with them. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam- , bridge and Princess Mary visited the Prince and Princess of Wales in the afternoon. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by Countess de Grey. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, accom panied by Prince Alfred, and attended by Lieut.• Colonel Keppel, and visited the Archduke Maxi milian and Archduchess Charlotte at the Clarendon Hotel. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince John of Glucksburg, went to the Princess's Theatre in the evening, attended by Countess de Grey, Lieut.• Colonel Keppel, and Baron Gulden- , ceone. The Archduke Maximilian and the Arch duchess Charlotte, The stay of their Imperial Highnesses the Arch duke Maximilian and the Archduchess Charlotte in London, though it was anticipated that it would be exceedingly brief, has been much shorter than was expected. They will leave London for Dover this morning, on their way to Brussels, and will travel by a special train on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. Yesterday morning their Imperial highnesses paid a visit to her Majesty at Buckingham Palace, and also visited the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the King of the Belgians, at Marlborough House. In the afternoon the Princess of Wales called upon the Archduke and Archduchess at the Claren don Hotel. Later in the day the Prince of Wales (attended by Colonel Keppel) and Prince Alfred rode to the Clarendon, and visited their imperial highnesses. The Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary of Cambridge also visited the Archduke and Arch• duchess. In consequence of the immense crowd which col. lected to see their royal highnesses on their return Bond-street was rendered impassable, and it was found necessary to send round the prince's horses to the private 'entrance of the hotel i❑ Albemarle street, whence their royal highnesses returned to Marlborough House. In the evening the Archduke and Archduchess dined at Buckingham Palace, by invitation of her Majesty, to meet the King of the Belgians and the Prince and Princess of Wales. In the course of the day the future Emperor end Empress of Mexico were visited by a great number of royai and distinguished personages. Amongst those who thus paid their respects were:—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, and the Duke d'Aumale, the Duchess Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, the Turkish Ambassador, the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Apponyi, the Prussian Ambassador and the Countess de Bernstorff, the French Ambassador, the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, P r ince Paul Esterhazy, the Earl and Countess of Claren , don, the Earl of St. Germans, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, &o. Several members of the Imperial suite dined with the Austrian Ambassador and the CountessApponyt in the evening at Chandos House. On Saturday last, previous to leaving Paris, the Archduke and Archduchess received visits from many personages of distinction, who called to take leave. The Archduke also had a long conference with M. Fould and M. Drouyn de Lhuys. Their imperial highnesses afterwards paid a visit to Prince Napoleon and the Princess Clotilde, and the Prin.- cess Mathilde, from whom they took leave. On their return to the Tuileries the Emperor and Archduke were in close conference till the hour of dinner, and during the same period the Archduchess enjoyed the society of the Empress. Much regret was ex' pressed at the approaching separation, perhaps for many years, and the actual leave taking was of 6 very touching Eature. The Empress was visibll moved, and warmly embraced the Archduke, while the separation of the Empress and Archduchess like that cf two sisters. Her Majesty the Queen forwarded yesterLl9lt through Sir C. Phipps, her usual annual subscription of 0 to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The Court will go into mourning for three wee V' commencing on Sunday next the 20th instant, for his 1 s te Majesty the King of Bavaria. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, it is reports will, on leaving this country, visit Paris. At all event* his Majesty, it is said, has been invited. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prince o of Wales intend to honour his Excellency the TurkiA lj ; Ambassador and Madame Musurus with their presence A: a defamer to-day on board the steam-yacht of his Imperia l Majesty the Sultan, previously to the steamer departing from Woolwich for Constantinople. From the trio/ 0 hitherto taken place it is the fastest steamer afloat, and i° principal cabins and saloons are fitted up in a luxurio lo style of comfort. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of CaIV; bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, t , 7„, the Princess Mary honoured the Marchioness of Ely crir their company at dinner la s t even i ng a t h er ladyship nea deuce at Prince's-gate, Hyde -park. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury leal town at the end of this or early in th e ensu i ng wee k to Pg B the Parliamentary recess with the E ar l an d C oun t es s Deli ' warr, at Buckhurst Park. The Earl Delawarr has quite recoveried from recent cold. The noble Earl and countess go en Friday ° " l ., Saturday next to Buckhurst Park, Sussex, for the East holidays, during which a se l ec t f ami l y c i rcle wil l as snnw" there. The Earl Russell w as p reven t e d atten di ng in 110$ place in the House of L or d s y ester d ay even i ng from a 6hig-ce attack of rheumatism. liis lordship was in cones:no° . confined to his chamber during the day. Lord Richard Grosvenor, M.P., has gone ° pit visit to Sir W a tki n an d Lady William Wynn a t seat in Wales. The Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer LYtt ;°° ,; Bart., M.P,, has taken the late Marquis of Breadallfilll° house in Park-lane for the remainder of the lease. 06 ALLEGED MEDIATION OF KING LEOPoLD. 0 Vienna Press asserts that the King of the Belg i . o g has accepted th e office of mediator bet ween th e conte°" l o , o powers, and that he will be joined at London by F r D i Jean of Glucksburg (brcther of the King of D e ntaart p a Earl Russell, and the ambassadors of Austria, Prussisof‘oth Sweden. The Danish government, according to thi s has given the King's brother full power to negotiate 7,0 the basis of the integrity of the Danish monarchy, r • consent, as the extreme limit of his concessions, to t he a d mation of an administrative Sleswig-holstein, existed before 1845, or to a polical separation a fou l from Denmark. The political separation of 510181 Denmark will be freely consented tq. .